The American people can now more readily 'understand' why the Obama's were omitted from the guest list to the Royal wedding in April! This is a very sobering article. Our handling of relationships with the Britons over the oil spill don't help either.

From The London Daily Telegraph Editor On Foreign Relations

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"Let me be clear: I'm not normally in favor of boycotts, and I love the American people. I holiday in their country regularly, and hate the tedious snobby sneers against the United States. But the American people chose to elect an idiot who seems hell bent on insulting their allies, and something must be done to stop Obama's reckless foreign policy, before he does the dirty on his allies on every issue."

One of the most poorly kept secrets in Washington is President Obama's animosity toward Great Britain , presumably because of what he regards as its sins while ruling Kenya (1895-1963).

One of Barack Hussein Obama's first acts as president was to return to Britain a bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office since 9/11. He followed this up by denying Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on his first state visit, the usual joint press conference with flags.

The president was "too tired" to grant the leader of America 's closest ally a proper welcome, his aides told British journalists.

Mr. Obama followed this up with cheesy gifts for Mr. Brown and the Queen. Columnist Ian Martin described his behavior as "rudeness personified." There was more rudeness in store for Mr. Brown at the opening session of the United Nations in September. "The prime minister was forced to dash through the kitchens of the UN in New York to secure five minutes of face time with President Obama after five requests for a sit down meeting were rejected by the White House," said London Telegraph columnist David Hughes. Mr. Obama's "churlishness is unforgivable," Mr. Hughes said.

The administration went beyond snubs and slights last week when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed the demand of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, a Hugo Chavez ally, for mediation of Argentina's specious claim to the Falkland Islands , a British dependency since 1833. The people who live in the Falklands, who speak English, want nothing to do with Argentina. When, in 1982, an earlier Argentine dictatorship tried to seize the Falklands by force, the British -- with strong support from President Ronald Reagan -- expelled them.

"It is truly shocking that Barack Obama has decided to disregard our shared history," wrote Telegraph columnist Toby Young. "Does Britain 's friendship really mean so little to him?" One could ask, does the friendship of anyone in the entire world mean anything to him?

"I recently asked several senior administration officials, separately, to name a foreign leader with whom Barack Obama has forged a strong personal relationship during his first year in office," wrote Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Post, on Monday. "A lot of hemming and hawing ensued." One official named French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but his contempt for Mr. Obama is an open secret. Another named German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But, said Mr. Diehl, "Merkel too has been conspicuously cool toward Obama."

Mr. Obama certainly doesn't care about the Poles and Czechs , whom he has betrayed on missile defense. Honduras and Israel also can attest that he's been an unreliable ally and an unfaithful friend. Ironically, our relations with both Israel and the Palestinian Authority have never been worse. Russia has offered nothing in exchange for Mr. Obama's abandonment of missile defense. Russia and China won't support serious sanctions on Iran. Syria 's support for terrorism has not diminished despite efforts to normalize diplomatic relations. The reclusive military dictatorship that runs Burma has responded to our efforts at "engagement" by deepening its ties to North Korea .

And the Chinese make little effort to disguise their contempt for him.

For the first time in a long time, the President of the United States is actually distrusted by its allies and not in the least feared by its adversaries. Nor is Mr. Obama now respected by the majority of Americans. Understandably focused on the dismal economy and Mr. Obama's relentless efforts to nationalize and socialize health care, Americans apparently have yet to notice his dismal performance and lack of respect in the world community. They soon will.

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I believe we've commented on this one already, although now the oh-so-horrible wedding snub and how mean Obama was to BP and practically caused the disaster himself have been tacked on.

As for BP, it's obvious that the reactionaries want total corporate rule over the rest of us.

As for the wedding, it's not a state occasion, so most heads of state aren't invited. Also, the security costs would have been enormous, so if he HAD been invited and attended, you guys would be explosively shitting your pants over THAT.

I'm glad that many Americans are waking up to this RW hypocritical BS. It's about time.

Yes this looks familiar. But let me take this opportunity to AGAIN state that the Churchill statue "controversy" is a bunch of crap. It was loaned, the loan was up, it got sent back, Obama had nothing to do with any of it. Grow up.

Per usual, rightwingers predictably LAP up something from a limey when it's dissing a US Pres. that Rush Limbaugh has directed them to hate. If Singleton was spewing forth similar lies (or, for that matter, the actual truth) about W Bush, rightwingers would be incendiary with rage that some foreigner had the brass iron nerve to diss a US Pres. Typical rightwing hypocrisy prevails, though.

Plus, if Obama is so insanely HATED by one & all, then whyever did the Pommies & the Froggies practically BEG Obama to get into the dirty senseless war of aggression against Libya?? Seriously, put that one in your pipe and smoke it. Why didn't the Poms & the Frogs just run their own little war and keep the USA the eff out of it?

Load of rubbish. And yeah: Obama wasn't invited to Prince Harry's (or is it William? I could care less) wedding bc it's not a State event. The Queen, in a time of economic downturn, wisely chose not to waste her subjects' money on as giant of a wedding as the one for Prince Chuck & Lady Di (which proved to be a complete fiasco anyway). Duh.

I happened to read something this weekend re the royal wedding. As stated, this is not a State event, and they've invited less than half the number of people (still a huge amount) than were invited to Prince Charles & Lady Di's wedding. Most Heads of State were not invited for that reason.

Nice how this idiotic RWF conveniently fails to mention the truthful FACTs. Hence, one can assume that everything that follows in this nasty screed is equally a LIE (and it is).

So thanks for the tip that it's hoax, albeit I note that the diatribe is similar to numerous other diatribes lately dissing Obama, in particular, for no real reason.

Mike Huckabee definitely DID publically whine endlessly recently about the appalling abject perfidy of Obama returning the Whinnie Churchill statue, while at the same time stating - as if factually - that Obama grew up in Kenya:

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